Holiday Area Mishaps Lead To Minor Injuries
Several minor accidents occurred over the holiday weekend in the area. Russell F E McElfresh, 17, was bruised when his car hit a utility pole on Tytus Avenue. Eva Burton of Detroit and Zollie Burton, 34, were bruised in a side swipe on U S 25. Minor damage reported to several vehicles at Central Avenue and other locations. State patrols logged about 10 highway arrests. Hamilton police noted 14 accidents with no serious injuries.
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Russell FE. McElfresh
Moore St
Tytus Ave
Eva Burton
Detroit
Mich
Zollie Burton
Robert Reedy
Springboro
U.S 25
Franklin
Burton
Rec
Hamilton
Korean Youths to Fight Reds
AP reports South Korea’s anti Communist youth groups plan a merger into a single force of about six million members. The movement, active in politics and civic tasks like road repair and reforestation, aims to provide “peace keeping” for May elections. The 50,000 strong reserve may be drawn from these youth groups. Sihn said the National Youth Group with 1.5 million members would join with allies merged last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
S. M. Sihn
Sihn
National
Three Injured as Plane Crashes Near Sky Park Airport
At Sky Park Airport north of Chillicothe a plane crashed during landing injuring three people. Pilot Kenneth Lynn 24 suffered head cuts and possible rib fractures. Passengers Ralph Wingo 24 and Russell Biney 19 received lesser injuries. Lynn was hospitalized. The aircraft struck trees and nosed over on impact.
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Chillicothe
Sky Park
Here
Kenneth Lynn
Ralph Wingo
Russell Biney
Lynn
Chillicothe Hospital
Juveniles tied to school break in Middletown High
Three juveniles ordered to appear before juvenile authorities after a break in at Middletown High School. They allegedly stole sweatshirts and a hammer, with two youths in the gym and one acting as lookout. Two other youths directed to appear for a theater billfold theft. Allen Hounshell, 36, of Davenport, Iowa, arrested in Renton on non support. released on $500 bond to appear in court this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown High School
Allen Hounshell
Davenort
Iowa
Renton
Emily Hounshell
Man charged with intoxication after Milner Hotel arrest
John Terry, 38, of 6014 South Elizabeth St., Chicago, was charged with intoxication and resisting arrest when taken into custody yesterday at the Milner Hotel, police said. Officers recovered a box reported stolen from a truck on Central Ave. Saturday night found in front of 1212 Central Ave containing beer, candy and a table cloth.
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John Terry
South
Elizabeth St
Chicago
Milner Hotel
Central Ave
Stolen Car Found Abandoned at Maud Station
A car reported stolen from Franklin was found abandoned at Maud Station. Maud police said a second car was taken there and later found abandoned by Cincinnati police.
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Franklin
Maud Station
Maud
Cincinnati
Kettle Totals Reach $4562 as Christmas Drive Nears Goal
Salvation Army workers reported $4562 raised for the year ending Christmas Eve, about $438 short of the $5000 goal. Captain Kenneth Sharp thanked the public and auxiliaries plus the Lion's Club for efforts. 376 baskets aided about 2300 people representing 400 families, with 600 children enjoying the program as Kiwanis delivered baskets downtown. Yuletide events continued with four parties and planned visits by Santa for nearly 500 children.
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Salvation Army
Kenneth Sharp
Captain Sharp
Women's
Lion's Club
Army
Kiwanis Club
Rolling Mill Park
Garfield Mission
Miltonville
Citadel
Obituary of Mrs Minnie McGraw Moon 66 in Dayton
Mrs Minnie McGraw Moon 66 mother of Herschel McGraw Middletown died yesterday evening at a daughter’s home in Dayton. A native of Menifee County Ky she moved to Dayton six years ago from Middletown. Survived by four daughters Mrs Ben Haggard Dayton Mrs Margaret Tracy Chicago Mrs Elizabeth Shultz and Mrs Ruth Shafer four sons Carl McGraw Franklin Harlan Helton Herschel McGraw Middletown and Paul McGraw father Stephen Osborn sister Mrs Lelia Herb 19 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren Funeral services Wednesday at 2 pm at Parkview Church of the Nazarene Dayton with burial Woodland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie McGraw Moon
Herschel McGraw
Middletown
Dayton
Menifee County
Moon
Middleown
Ben Haggard
Margaret Tracy
Chicago
Elizabeth Shultz
Ruth Shafer
Carl McGraw
Franklin
Harlan Helton
Paul McGraw
Stephen Osborn
Lelia Herb
Parkview Church
Cincinnati Enquirer reporter Wisner dies in Danville Ky
Robert D. Wisner 34 former Cincinnati Enquirer reporter and photographer died yesterday at his parents home in Danville Kentucky. He worked in the Hamilton bureau before joining the Army in 1942 returned to Hamilton and Middletown Ohio, then to Cincinnati. He resigned about a year and a half ago. Survived by wife Gant Wisner a son Robert Jr and two brothers John Wisner Jr Detroit and Leland F Wisner Danville. Another brother Oscar was killed in the Pacific. Services held at Stith Funeral Home Danville with burial in Bellevue Cemetery.
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Cincinnati
Robert D. Wisner
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Danville, Ky
Wisner
Hamilton, D
Hamilton
Enquirer
Middletown, O
John Wisner
Gant Wisner
Robert Jr
John Wisner, Jr
Detroit
Leland F. Wisner
Danville
Oxcar
Air Force
Pacific
Stith Funeral Home
Bellevue
Daniel Swihart Dies at 88 in Eaton Home
Daniel M Swihart 88 died Saturday evening at his daughter Mrs Chester Hunter 221 S Barron St Eaton He was a retired farmer and hardware salesman and a lifelong Eaton resident Survived by two grandchildren Services Tuesday at 230 p m at Girton Funeral Home Eaton with Rev L Horn Weaver officiating Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery
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Eaton
Daniel M. Swihart
Chester Hunter
S. Barron St
Girton
L. Horn Weaver
Mound Hill Cemetery
Death Notice of Val Lawrence Green in Middletown
Val Lawrence Green, 84, of Middletown Route 1, died yesterday at 3 20 a m in Middletown Hospital after a ten day confinement. Born in Butler County, he lived on the same farm 36 years and retired from farming last year. He belonged to First Presbyterian Church in Monroe. Surviving: daughter Mrs Grace Eppler of Middletown Route 3, four sons Leslie Middletown Route 1 Ralph Franklin Clarence Middletown and Mark Springfield, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Friends may call after 3 p m at home. Services Tuesday at 2 p m at the residence with Rev R C Campbell of First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Green
Middletown
Butler County
Green
First Presbyterian Church
Monroe
Grace Eppler
Leslie
Ralph
Franklin
Clarence
Mark
Springfield
R. C. Campbell
Monroe Interment Details In Greenwood Cemetery
Interment will be in Greenwood Cemetery, Hamilton. McCoy Leffler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Charles Hossellman Dies at 79 in Lima O
Charles Hossellman 79 longtime general superintendent of the Deisel Gilbert Cigar Company in Lima Ohio died yesterday morning of virus pneumonia at his Lima home after weeks of illness. Survived by widow Eliza and son Vernon of Lima. siblings and many nieces and nephews also noted. Funeral Wednesday at 2 pm at Seiford Funeral Home Lima.
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Charles Hossellman
Deisel- Gilbert Cigar Company
Lima
Hossellman
Eliza
Vernon
Hassellman
Homer
Arthur Hauselman
Middletown
William A. Bryan
California
James Hensey
Althea Moore
Somerville
Bert Brevig
John Hossellman
Cincinnati
Seiford
Death of One Year Old Don Wayne Baker
Don Wayne Baker died at 9 15 am yesterday at Middletown Hospital after a short illness. He was the one year old son of Mr and Mrs Add Baker of 1307 Baltimore St. His survivors include his parents and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Will D Willes of Cincinnati and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W M Baker of Fount Kentucky. Friends may call at Baker Funeral Home this evening until the body is taken to Harlan Kentucky for burial on Wednesday.
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Don Wayne Baker
Add Baker
Baltimore St
Middletown Hospital
Will D. Willes
Cincinnati
W. M. Baker
Fount
Baker Funeral Home
Harlan, Ky
Notable Obituaries And Early Film Pioneer Notices
BERKLEY Calif Dr Frank Irwin 80 professor emeritus of mathematics at the University of California COLUMBUS Harvey W Wickliff 85 whose gasoline filling station opened in 1913 was believed by Standard Oil Company of Ohio to have been the first in the nation BEVERLY HILLS Calif Frederic Ullman Jr 45 motion picture producer and former head of Pathe News born in Buffalo NY.
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Berkley, Calif
Frank Irwin
The
University of California
Columbus
Harvey W. Wickliff
Standard Oil Company of Ohio
Beverly Hil
Calif
Frederic Ullman, Jr
Pathe News
Buffalo, N. Y
Albert S. Johnston Dies Former National Cooperage Leader
ST. LOUIS Albert S Johns ton aged 59 retired industrialist former president and board chairman of the National Cooperage Association and once political editor of the old St. Louis Republic.
Three Musketeers Plays At Paramount With Star Cast
Paramount screens Three Musketeers starring Lana Turner and Gene Kelly at 1:30 4:05 6:10 and 9:15 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, offering multiple showtimes for moviegoers.
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Three Musketeers
Lana Turner
Gene Kelly
City Alarm Inspection Started Here Monday
Three unrelated injuries were treated at Middletown Hospital from assaults and falls as police investigated separate incidents. William Hale suffered a beaten and robbed incident with $20 taken near the Red Bud Inn. J W Graham received stab wounds at the Silver Leaf Social Club and was treated and released. George Peck incurred a forehead gash from a fall and was treated and released. Middletown’s $72,000 fire alarm system is under official inspection today and tomorrow by the National Board of Fire Underwriters and the Ohio Inspection Bureau. Representatives will review the system since its November 3 transfer to the city and report findings to the City Commission. Officials noted war-related delays in national inspections but expect underwriter visits next year, building on 1939 recommendations to extend the alarm system.
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Middletown
William Hale
Red Bud Inn
Hale
J. W. Graham
Seventeenth Ave
Graham
Silver Leaf Social Club
Eighth Ave
George Peck
Clarendon
Peck
William
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Ohio Inspection Bureau
G. L. Swan
National Board
William Thompson
Swan
The
Journal
City Commission
Labor Parley Again Sought by Truman Aides
Washington AP The Council of Economic Advisers urged President Truman to call a new labor management conference. They argued collective bargaining could bolster labor peace and stability with nonbinding standard wage guidelines based on price structures. The advisory report, prepared by Dr. Edwin G. Nourse’s panel, signals possible invitations to a second meeting of union and industry leaders.
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Washington
Truman
Council
Edwin G. Nourse
Mr. Truman
Steelman Succumbs
W. H. Lewis aged 81, a retired steel company official, died yesterday in Pittsburgh. He began work in 1883 for Carnegie Steel and in 1907 oversaw the Jones and Laughlin plant at Aliquippa, Pa, later serving as its superintendent.
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Pittsburgh
W. H. Lewis
Steel Company
Carnegie Steel Company
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Aliquippa
Abram Hall to be arraigned in fatal Portsmouth shooting
Police said Abram Wesley Hall, 41, will be arraigned in Municipal Court today for the fatal shooting of William Ellis, 25, after an argument. Ellis' brother Jackson Ellis, 23, was shot in the arm during the incident in Portsmouth, Ohio.
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Portsmouth
Abram Wesley Hall
William Ellis
Ellis
Jackson
Six Die in Cottage Fire at Petersburg Road
In Barre Massachusetts a family tragedy left six dead as a one and a half story cottage burned on old Petersburg Road. Victims include Francis Wales 34 Lydia Wales 31 their children Francis Jr 10 George 7 Belle May 3 and Lydia Wales father Ralph Smith 65 of Boston. Fire officials say the Wales wife and her father plus children were likely trapped in upstairs bedrooms while Francis Wales slept on a couch on the first floor. Winds were strong and temperatures were sub-zero hampering firefighting. Cause undetermined.
Plane Wheels Jam Delays Landing At Cleveland Airport
Instructor pilot Mervyn G. Wenzel spent two hours twenty minutes trying to jar a jammed nose wheel of a tri cycle gear over Cleveland Airport. Student Thomas Nemya and passenger Rita Shramek moved toward the tail as the main wheels touched to keep the nose up, allowing a safe stop without serious damage.
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Cleveland
Mervyn G. Wenzel
Wenzel
Thomas Nemya
Rita Shramek
Workman Overcome By Stove Fumes
A McGraw Construction Company laborer was overcome by fumes from a portable coke stove and taken to Middletown Hospital under observation. Carl Oliver, 31, of 1500 Baltimore Street, a bricklayer's assistant, worked in the rear of the Manchester Hotel when the incident occurred. The Fire Department emergency squad arrived at 9 32 a m and conveyed the unconscious man to the hospital, where his condition was not considered serious.
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McGraw Construction Company
Middletown Hospital
Carl Oliver
Baltimore St
Manchester
Fire Department
Slightly Milder Is Prediction for Ohio Arctic Cold Eases
Jack Frost laid a deep freeze across Ohio over the weekend with near zero temperatures and snow in few spots. East Ohio Gas curbed supply by 25 percent to protect northeastern residents while Ohio Fuel Gas planned no cuts. Middletown hit 26 degrees by afternoon with 10 degrees overnight and 13 at dawn. Forecasters expect cloudier skies, a break in the cold tonight, and a milder snap with light snow tomorrow.
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Jack Frost
East Ohio Gas Company
Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Middletown
Weather Bureau
Oil Companies Called to Cut Marshall Plan Oil Shipments
Washington AP reports that the Economic Cooperation Administration asked major oil firms to reduce prices for Marshall Plan petroleum shipments from Arabia and other foreign sources. The Hoffman letter, dated December 8, warns that ECA will finance only shipments priced at or near the lower competitive level, with no disclosure of specific company names.
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Washington
Arabia
United States
Paul G. Hoffman
ECA
Hoffman
Levy
Standard Oil Company
California
Texas Company
Standard of New Jersey
Gulf Oil
Socony-Vacuum
Civil War nurse bore 13 pairs of twins and six triplets
A Civil War era nurse lived 33 years in marriage during which she bore 13 pairs of twins and six sets of triplets.
Truman Works Up On State of the Union Message
President Truman resumed work on his State of the Union draft after the holidays. Secretaries Ross and Connelly reopened the White House office in Kansas City to prepare material, plan labor reform for Taft Hartley substitute, civil rights measures, housing, inflation, social security, health programs, and other proposals the president campaigned for during his nationwide tour.
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Independence
Truman
Congress
Charles G. Ross
Matthew J. Connelly
White House
Muehlebach
Kansas City
Ashington
Two Break-Ins Net $170 In Stolen Cash
Cash totaling 170 dollars was stolen in two break-ins, one on Christmas at Calvin Young's home on Grand Ave and another at the Bismarck Pool Room on Central Ave. Entry was via a broken window pane. the pool room loss included 13 one-dollar bills 11.55 in change and two cigarette lighters.
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Calvin Young
Grand Ave
Bismarck Pool Room
Central Ave
Price Robinson
New York Leads in State Life Insurance Ownership
New York state residents own more life insurance than any other state, with Pennsylvania residents ranking second. The observation highlights regional differences in life insurance uptake across the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Steel Buyers Appraising Stocks Closely
Cleveland AP reports steel buyers review inventories closely as the war ends with no drop in orders seen. The Steel magazine notes ongoing shortages likely for months, soft spots in light durable lines, and continued conversion pressure. Ingot production fell during holidays. Youngstown down 20 points. prices steady with scrap easing and stainless producers cutting several products by about five percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Review
Steel
Youngstown
Physical exam notices mailed by local draft board
Orders to report January 6 for pre induction physicals are being mailed to 350 registrants. Names will run in Tuesday's Journal. Another 21 draftees are set to report January 14. Those previously scheduled for December 20 were granted a yuletide reprieve during December 15 to 26. Royals directive allowed soldiers to spend Christmas with families. Ninety thousand twin babies were born in 1947, an all time US record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wylie Mitchell
Mitchell
Columbus
Secretary of the Army
Royals
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